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Victim Jennifer Irigoyen
By Forum Staff
A borough grand jury has indicted a Rego Park man for murder, criminal possession of a weapon and other charges for viciously stabbing to death his estranged girlfriend, Chief Assistant District Attorney John Ryan, announced on Friday on behalf of Queens District Attorney Richard Brown.
Both the woman and her unborn child were killed in the February attack, Ryan noted.
Anthony Hobson, 48, was arraigned on Friday on an indictment charging him with second-degree murder, tampering with physical evidence and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon. He was remanded and ordered to return to court on May 22.
According to the charges, at approximately 1 a.m. on Feb. 3, Hobson is allegedly seen on surveillance video dragging the victim, 35-year-old Jennifer Irigoyen, out of her third-floor apartment and into the stairway of her Ridgewood building. Hobson is alleged to have repeatedly plunged a knife into the victim’s torso, neck and abdomen. Irigoyen and her unborn child both died as a result of the injuries.
Hobson, who eluded police after the slaying, turned himself into authorities five days later.
“This is the absolute worst outcome of domestic violence. The defendant in this case is accused of brutally attacking his estranged girlfriend, who was 14-weeks pregnant. The victim was stabbed repeatedly in her abdomen, neck and torso, subsequently killing her and the unborn child,” Ryan said. “The defendant now faces the possibility of spending the rest of his life in prison as a result of this heinous crime.”
If convicted, Hobson faces up to 25 years to life in prison.
